Transfer shows from R10 to new Tivo HD DVR (THR22)

Is the R10 being completely replaced? Will you own the new unit?

 

1. Play an old show.
2. Point a video camera at the TV screen.
3. Attach an AM21 tuner to the DirecTV HD THR22
4. You'll need a box to convert your camera's output (video and sound) to an ASTC channel
5. Set up a manual recording on the THR22/AM21 to the channel you're feeding the camera into.

This is assuming the AM21 will work with the new DirecTV THR22; that has not yet been officially confirmed as far as I know. If the AM21 does not work, transferring your old shows will be harder.

 

Hey, DirecTV set the design specs on the new THR22, not me; talk to them about it.

Here's another way:

1. Watch the old show and make notes about it on 3X5 index cards.
2. Tune the new DirecTV THR22 to a blank channel (or just turn off the TV so the screen is blank.
3. Read the index cards.

This method really maximizes the DirecTV experience.

 

ROFL!

Hey, where can I get one of those ATSC modulators?

May I offer a third suggestion:

1. Take your R10 to the low-power UHF station in town. (Make sure they're broadcasting in digital.)

2. Beg them to broadcast YOUR recordings instead of the infomercials or religious programming that pays their bills.

3. Race home to record said UHF station via either a manual record or just recording live TV using your THR22 with attached AM21 over-the-air tuner. Of course, now your beloved recordings will be named "The Hour of Power", or "Flatten Your Abs", or the names of whatever programs were preempted, in the THR22's Now Playing List, instead of their original names.

Seriously, if you want to watch those old recordings on a TiVo, just keep your R10 around and plug it into the AV or S-Video input on your TV. You probably own the R10 and won't have to send it back to DirecTV upon replacement.

 

Just make sure you disconnect the R10 from the dish before you call DirecTV to cancel service on it.

 

Someone asked this a few weeks ago, and when I asked about playlist access after deactivation, the reply was that the R10 does not allow that. (Although it looks Catocony is offering a possible workaround for that).

As an alternative, Walmart still sells the Magnavox MDR515H (DVD recorder with 500GB HD for staging recordings). So you can store a few hundred hours of video on the recorder, and slowly migrate to DVD if you want.

 

No, you could connect the rf out to the AM21 tuner.

 

Uhh, no. The AM21 only supports ATSC digital TV signals, not analog NTSC channels on Ch3/Ch4.